Senior Product Designer, Design Systems & Platform

About VSCO

For years, we've helped photographers create their work. Now we're building what comes next.

VSCO exists for photographers. Not as a side feature, not as an afterthought, but as the whole point. We build the connected system photographers rely on, and we've spent over a decade earning the trust of a global creative community that takes the craft seriously.

Photography is at an inflection point. AI is reshaping what's possible for creative work, and that's where our mission shines. VSCO is building the full photographer's workflow: from creating and editing your work, to delivering it to clients, to running your business. All of it built thoughtfully, with photographers leading the way. We believe the future of photography tools creates more space for creativity, handling the busy work so photographers can focus on the craft.

If you care about craft, community, and what technology can unlock for creative people, this is the work. We're a mission-driven and focused company where your work ships quickly, is meaningful, and reaches tens of millions of people worldwide. You'll have a real say in what we build and how we build it. We hire people who don't wait to be asked, naturally connect the dots, care about the quality of what they ship, and believe the best outcomes come from building together.

About the Role

We're looking for a Senior Product Designer who works as both a product and systems designer. You'll develop and extend our design systems across platforms, build cross-product workflows, and design AI tooling and interfaces as core product work, not an afterthought.

This role sits at the intersection of systems and product. Product design at VSCO is leaning into AI-native workflows. Our team actively uses tools like Cursor, Claude, and v0 to design and prototype. We're looking for someone who's already working this way, or genuinely eager to learn and ready to lean in with the team.

This is a small, fast-moving team. We ship, iterate, and figure things out as we go. The right person asks questions before committing, leans into problems, and moves fast without sacrificing craft.

What You'll Do

• Own our design system (VUI)I: keep the system clean, well-tokenized, and structured so designers can build in Cursor with confidence. Use AI tooling to audit and improve it continuously.
• Define transition animations and interaction patterns. Prototype at a fidelity engineers can build from without guessing.
• Design cross-product platform experiences across search, growth entry points, and end-to-end journeys between products.
• Design and prototype ai powered tools like Cursor and Claude using it to audit and scale the design system quickly. Model this workflow for the team.
• Partner with engineering to keep design intent and implementation tightly aligned.

What We're Looking For

Required

• 5+ years designing and shipping digital products end to end, concept through delivery.
• Experience designing for mobile (iOS/Android) and responsive web. Mobile-first is a must.
• AI-native mindset: you're using tools like Cursor, Claude, and v0 as part of how you design and prototype, or you're genuinely eager to learn and excited to lean in as we build this practice together.
• Experience owning or contributing to a design system at scale: tokenization, component architecture, keeping it healthy over time.
• Exceptionally high craft bar: polished, precise, and intentional. You raise the standard for the people around you.
• Strong command of transition animations and prototyping: you design motion with purpose and produce prototypes engineers can build from.
• Experience with cross-product or platform-level design: you hold context across surfaces and design for coherence at scale.
• Experience running experiments: comfortable in an A/B testing environment, using results to inform decisions without losing craft.
• Bias toward speed and execution: you move fast, make calls with incomplete information, and don't need a perfect brief to ship.
• Deep systems thinking: you see the whole before the parts and design patterns that don't create downstream problems.
• Leans in and asks questions: you push for clarity before committing, not after.
• A portfolio with high craft and evidence of how you think, not just what you shipped.
• Strong collaborator: you align teams through a clear point of view, not just charisma.

Nice to Have

• Experience with growth design, including activation flows, upgrade moments, conversion surfaces, or product-led growth patterns
• Experience designing for creative tools, photography products, or creative communities
• Familiarity with design token architecture and cross-platform theming
• Affinity for VSCO's mission and the photographers we serve

Job Perks

• Hybrid work with an office in San Francisco, CA
• Regular in-person events events to connect and collaborate
• Competitive salary & equity 
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families
• Flexible Time Off
• Company-paid parental, medical and caregiver leave
• Other perks including mental health resources and tech reimbursements

Compensation

The base salary for this position will vary based on several factors, such as relevant experience, location and your approved internal leveling assessed during the interview process. The base salary range for this role is $190,000 - $205,000. Salary is one component of our total compensation package. This position also qualifies for equity (i.e. stock options) and is eligible for discretionary bonuses based on performance. 

The benefits available for this position include flexible time off, a 401K retirement plan, insurance (medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, short and long term disability), and 11 paid holidays. We also provide paid sick time as required by state and local law. Additional benefits and perks contained in our standard employee benefits package are also offered for this position.

Please note: 

The application window for this role will be open until at least 6/29/2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.

As part of our hiring process, we conduct pre-employment background checks in compliance with federal, state, and local laws. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of this background check, which includes state and federal criminal records checks, sex offender registry searches, and other relevant checks as permitted by law. 

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